兴起

Every meaning

In the Library

• 据语言学家研究，量词是逐渐兴起的，大约到了九百多年前的宋朝，在数字和名词之间加量词，才成了必须遵守的语法规则。

  中文为什么要用量词？ · Why does Chinese have measure words? · HSK 6

Its characters

• 兴xīngto rise; to flourish; to prosper (as in 兴旺)
• 起qǐto rise; to get up

Words with 兴

• 高兴gāoxìnghappy
• 兴趣xìngqùinterest
• 感兴趣gǎnxìngqùto be interested (in)
• 兴奋xīngfènexcited
• 新兴xīnxīngemerging
• 复兴fùxīngto revive
• 扫兴sǎoxìngdisappointed
• 兴建xīngjiànto build

Words with 起

• 起床qǐchuángto get up
• 对不起duìbuqǐsorry
• 起来qǐláito stand up
• 一起yìqǐtogether
• 起飞qǐfēito take off (of an aircraft)
• 起到qǐdàoto play (a role)
• 引起yínqǐto cause
• 发起fāqǐto launch